Page 182 - Advanced English Grammar in Use

UNIT
EXERCISES
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86.1 Choose adjectives from the ones given below and an appropriate preposition to complete the
sentences. Give alternatives if they are possible. (A)

afraid angry concerned pleased sorry
1 You realise I'm not you, don't you? It wasn't your fault.
2 I'm really the mistake, but I had problems with the computer.
3 You're looking very yourself! Have you won some money?
4 She was quite the decision and wrote a letter of complaint.
5 Small children can be terribly the dark.
6 I was the success of our money-raising efforts.
7 I feel so the parents of the children who were killed in the accident.
8 The government has become increasingly the dangerous levels of exhaust
pollution in city centres.
9 When the fighting broke out, Sarah was her father who was in the capital city
at the time.
10 Most of the newspaper seems to be sport.

86.2 Rewrite these sentences using good followed by an appropriate preposition. Make any other
changes that might be needed. (A)

1 At school I always did well at maths. At school I was always good at rnaihs.
2 Scientist ow say that butter is healthy. Scientists now say...
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3 The election result benefits democracy. The election result...
4 The children in the family I was staying with treated me well. The children In the -family...
5 I like cooking because I do it well. I like cooking...
6 As she worked well with animals, she became a vet. As she...
7 When he found the money that the old lady had lost, he felt pleased. When He -found the
money that the old laxly had lost, he...

86.3 Correct the sentences where necessary. (A & B)
1 You will be answerable for the court with any lies you have told.

2 She felt terribly anxious for have to sing in front of such a large audience.
3 I'm always glad for an opportunity to go to Paris. I'm particularly keen about go to the
galleries.
4 After she lost her job, Jean spent months feeling sorry about herself. But she was good to hide
her emotions, and nobody realised how unhappy she was.
5 Peter is certainly capable of do the job, so he should take it if he thinks it's right about him.

86.4 How are these pairs of adjective + prepositions different in meaning? Try to include them in
sentences to show how the meaning is different. Use a dictionary if necessary.

unfair of / unfair on frightened of / frightened for wrong about / wrong of

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